"His Majesty!"

Amidst a piercing scream, Emperor Hui slowly collapsed with an incredulous look in his eyes.

Beside him, Ah Xuan, with a cold expression, flicked the blood that Emperor Hui had spat out on his body, turned his head and said very calmly, "Summon Imperial Physician."

He lowered his head and looked at Emperor Hui, who was gushing blood from his mouth and opening his mouth but unable to speak, with a mocking expression in his handsome eyes.

"No, no..." Emperor Hui was still conscious. He struggled to fall to the ground, looking at Ah Xuan who was so close to him. He then vomited blood as he looked at the shattered wine cup in front of him, his face showing surprise and confusion.

He didn't know what had gone wrong, but the poisoned wine meant for Ah Xuan ended up in his own mouth. However, looking at Ah Xuan, who showed no respect for him and seemed to be happy about his poisoning, he couldn't help but shed tears. He weakly grabbed Ah Xuan's clothes and pleaded, "Save me! Save me!" He was the emperor, the ruler of the world. He hadn't even enjoyed the power of the world yet, how could he die like this?

Even if it were his enemy begging him, he would still want to live.

But he was in excruciating pain in his lungs and internal organs, and even felt as if his internal organs were melting, and his mouth was filled with the sweet and metallic taste of blood.

He knew then that he was probably in deep trouble.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, I am a loyal subject and will naturally save Your Majesty." Ah Xuan lowered his eyes and looked indifferently at the emperor who had become extremely weak. Thinking of his years of suspicion, he felt nothing at all.

If it weren't for Shen Wangshu, he would have simply let Emperor Hui continue sitting on that dragon throne as a ridiculous puppet, slowly playing with this fool to make his own mundane and boring life a little more interesting. It wasn't just watching Emperor Hui fool the Consort, but also watching him carefully protect Consort He, thinking that no one knew about his lover—it was all so amusing at the time. But in the end, he grew impatient.

Emperor Hui coveted his queen; he deserved to die.

But before he dies, there's one more thing he needs to do.

"I have no concern for Your Majesty's life or death, but today, someone is plotting to harm Your Majesty." He smiled slightly as he leaned down and addressed Emperor Hui.

Emperor Hui looked in shock and saw He Pin's trusted maid.

The maidservant frantically clutched a pot of wine, the very same pot that had just been poured for Emperor Hui.

"Consort He wants His Majesty dead. If His Majesty dies at Consort He's hands, it would be a romantic death under the peony." However, the Regent is a conscientious and loyal minister. How could he allow Emperor Hui to be poisoned like this?

He showed no resentment at the fact that Emperor Hui actually wanted to kill him. When he saw the sudden realization, hatred, and regret in Emperor Hui's eyes, and that he looked at Consort He with the eyes of an enemy, he was satisfied and ordered people to carry Emperor Hui to Emperor Hui's palace and ordered the imperial physician who rushed over to examine his pulse.

After the chaos subsided, he turned his cold gaze to Consort He.

Although she didn't know what had gone wrong, Consort He's knees buckled and she knelt on the ground.

Her usual aloofness, gentleness, and nonchalance were all gone, leaving only a look of fear.

She clearly understood that if the Regent hadn't been poisoned today, then he should have killed her!

This is not the kind of person who cherishes women.

But as the emperor's true love, she must always maintain her integrity. Even in the most difficult times, Consort He must use her presence and demeanor to intimidate these treacherous villains.

She strained to raise her delicate, fair face, glaring at Ah Xuan with the eyes of someone looking at a traitor, and shouted fiercely, "Traitorous ministers and villains deserve to be killed by everyone! Today's failure is Heaven's mercy, I accept it! Does Your Highness think that killing me will silence the gossip of the world?!" Her indomitable spirit, her willingness to sacrifice herself, shone brightly in the sunlight, revealing a noble character. However, Ah Xuan merely tilted his head.

A burly guard strode forward, raised his large, fan-like hand, and slapped Consort He hard across the face.

Consort He was so struck by the slap that she saw stars, fell backward, and didn't regain her senses for a moment.

After a while, she spat out two back molars stained with blood.

"You lowly servant, you have offended my eyes." Ah Xuan refused to personally slap an insignificant palace concubine, because now that the Regent King had a wife, his noble hands could only touch his own wife, right?

Seeing that Consort He's pampered face was now cracked and bleeding profusely from the slap, all her previous elegance gone, he slowly said, "You dare to argue after plotting against His Majesty?" He quickly stepped past Consort He, whose eyes showed fear, and went to support Shen Wangshu, who was watching the show. He looked Shen Wangshu up and down, and was satisfied when he saw that Shen Wangshu was not frightened.

"I'm sorry I scared you," he said gently.

"That wine, did you...?" Shen Wangshu asked worriedly, fearing that Ah Xuan had also drunk the poisoned wine.

“The only person Consort He wants to harm is His Majesty. Why would she waste that deadly poison on me?” Seeing that Shen Wangshu was relieved for her sake, Ah Xuan’s gaze softened even more.

He didn't bother to look at Consort Rong, who was rubbing her belly and looking shocked. He told the annoying little palace maid, Ah Xiang, to get out of the way and stood protectively beside Shen Wangshu. Together they looked down at the disheveled Consort He.

Consort He's face turned deathly pale; she finally realized what was wrong.

She had thought the regent intended to punish her for plotting to harm a high-ranking official, and that Emperor Hui had only been injured by mistake. At least she still had a reputation for chastity and courage, and for not being afraid to die for Emperor Hui. However, the regent's words and actions just now were trying to pin the blame for plotting to harm the emperor on her.

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